Road auto signal



Nov. 1, 1927. 1,647,568

D. HOLLIDAY ROAD. A9150 SIGNAL Filed Jan. l0, v192'? JWMEWW Patented Nov. 1, 1927.A

UNITED STAT-Es PATENT'OFF DAVID HOLLIDAY, 0F sT. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

JaoADI Auro p SIGNAL.

. Application 'led January 10, 1927. Serial No. 160,238.

This invention aims to provide novel means for operating a signal on a motor car,

to indicate the intentions of the driver ofV the car, relative to stopping, starting Vand the like. It is within the province of the Vdisclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility 'of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.` With the above vand other objects Nin view which will appear asV the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described` and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, Amay be made within the scope of what is claimed, vwithout -departing from the spirit of the invention. l

In the drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention, mounted on a portion of a`1notor-propelled vehicle;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2*-2 of Figure 1; n

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Figure l; I Figure 4 is a section on Vthe line 1 4 of Figure 1.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a support 1, which may be a part of the frame work of an automobile,the windshield panel being shown at 2-although the device hereinafter described may be mounted upon any preferred, convenient, or accessible part of the vehicle.

To the inner surface of the support-1, a] bearing plate 8 is secured as shown at 4.'

A bearing` plate 5 is secured at G to the outer surface of the support -1. rIhe `numeral 7 marks'a signal, which may be a metal plate of any desired outline, a pivot 'p element 8, such as a rivet, joining' the inner end of the signal 7 to the plate 5, so that the signal may swing vertically.v The head of the rivet 8 is designated by the numeral 9 and cooperates with the outer surface ofthe signal'.

A shaft 10 is mounted to rock in thesupport 1 and inthe bearing plates 8 and 5. At its inner end, the shaft 10 is yequipped with a crank 11,or any suitable means whereby the shaft may be rotated.v The numeral 12 designates an arm overlapped on the signal 7, the forward end ofthe shaft 10 passing througlrthe inner end lof the arm 12.V The arm 12 1s supplied with a Vsuperficial transof the signal 7 and is mounted in the arm 12.

The connecting element 17 preferably is a rivet, having a head 18 cooperating with the rear surface of the surface 7, the connecting element or rivet 17 being equipped at its forward ends with fingers 19 which are received in, and secured in, a transverse groove 20 that is formed in the Aforward surface of the arm 12. In the inner surface of the arm 12 there is a recess 21 which enables the arm 12 to move with respect to the head 9 of the pivot element or rivet 8, the recess 21, moreover, permitting the rear or inner endof the signal 7 to move with respect tothe arm 12, when the arm 12 is swung vertically.

In practical operation, the shaft 10 is rocked by meansof the crank 11, or its equivaient, and vertical swinging movement is ment.

IVhat is claimed is VIn a device of the class described, a sup'- port, a shaft journaled in the support, an arm secured to the shaft, a signal, a pivot element connecting one end of the signal with the support, in spaced relation to the shaft, the pivot element having a head which retains the signal for. swinging movement, and a combined pivotal and sli'dable connection'between the signal and the arm, the arm being provided on its inner surface with an elongated transverse recess receiving both'the head of the pivot element and ythe inner end of the signal, to permit relative movement between the arm on'the one hand, and the head of the pivot element and said end of the signal on the other hand.

In testimony that I claim'the foregoing as own, Ihave-hereto affixed my signature.

DAVID HoLLIDAY. 

